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The river Fulda emerges on Mount Wasserkuppe at 900 metres above sea level. This leisurely cycle route, given a four-star quality rating by the German Cyclists' Federation, follows it all the way to the Weser river.
From the source of the river, you head downstream through the Fulda valley to the town of the same name with its historical buildings. After Niederaula comes Bad Hersfeld, home to the largest Romanesque church ruins in Europe. Next stops are the medieval town of Rotenburg an der Fulda and Haydau Abbey in Morschen. After Melsungen comes the end of this part of the tour in Kassel. From here, it's just a few miles to the historical old quarter of Hannoversch Münden, where the Werra and Fulda rivers join to form the Weser. The Fulda Cycle Route then continues along the Weser to the baroque town of Bad Karlshafen.
Terrain: the route is predominantly on asphalt-covered cycle paths or quiet back roads. The terrain is mostly flat with just a few steep climbs to negotiate.
Scenery: the route follows the Fulda river from the Rhön hills through the densely forested peaks of northern Hessen and through conservation areas to the confluence of the Fulda and Werra, and along the Weser.
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Says He's Proud of Accomplishments
Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi announced on Tuesday, Dec. 1 that he will not challenge the election between him and Republican opponent Ed Mangano, ensuring that Mangano will become the next Nassau County Executive next month.
Suozzi said he would do whatever he can to help in the transition. "There are some people very well intentioned in the Democratic Party who wanted to keep on fighting. We're not going to pursue anything like that whatsoever. I don't think it would be fair to the people of Nassau County. I don't think it would be fair to Mr. Mangano," said Suozzi in front of high-ranking members of his staff and the media on the second floor ceremonial chamber of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building.
Last month, Suozzi and Mangano were locked in a race that was too close to call on Election Day. Since then, absentee ballots have been counted. At the time of Suozzi's concession, Mangano had a 386-vote lead with some 328 ballots still left to be opened.
Suozzi was certainly considered the favorite to win re-election, but Mangano, playing the role of the underdog, found himself not only in the race, but it became apparent that there was a good chance he would become the next county executive.
In an interview with Anton Community Newspapers, Mangano said he was on his way to his office at the legislature when Suozzi called him to concede. "It was a welcomed and gracious call," said Mangano. "I look forward to working with Tom and this being a smooth transition."
On a personal level, Mangano said he "feels great" and is grateful to all who supported him. "Every single person who voted for me played a crucial role in what turned out to be such a tight race. The American Dream lives in Nassau County."
While Mangano vows to "do the best job with the monumental task ahead" of him, he is optimistic that what lies ahead of him is "good government."
Top on this list includes the examination and reform of the real property tax assessment system and the elimination of the home energy tax. Additionally, Mangano said that the green energy fund legislation he put forth would move forward. "This is a change in direction for Nassau County and the opportunity to put the principles I spoke about into effect. That's what this is about," he said.
In failing for his goal to serve a third term as Nassau County Executive, Suozzi believes he was the victim of a low voter turnout and taxpayers' anger over the high property taxes in Nassau County. "I lost this race because people are fed up with property taxes. People just didn't show up and those who did are angry. Property taxes are the number one problem we face here on Long Island. But I have absolutely no regrets whatsoever. We have done everything we possibly could to address the property tax problem," Suozzi said, adding that the county portion of the property tax bill decreased from 23 percent of the total property tax bill to 16 percent under his administration.
"On school taxes, which have nothing to do with the county government, we have led the charge statewide to try and correct the problem of property taxes and school taxes throughout the entire State of New York. We could not have done any more than we did," Suozzi said, alluding to the Fix Albany campaign and the New York State Commission on Property Tax Relief, which he chaired.
However, Suozzi doesn't believe his ambition to run for higher office in New York State led to his defeat. "I think there's no secret that I would like to run for higher office. I ran for Governor of New York State. I don't think the reason I lost this race was because people were mad at me that I had ambition for higher office. If anything, it may have been my fault for not having done more to get the vote out in this election," he said.
Suozzi leaves the post he has held for the past eight years with no regrets. "I am very proud of this government and what has been accomplished," he said.
Suozzi said that although people may not be better off than they were eight years ago because of the national economic downturn, the county government is better off now than it was eight years ago. "Nassau County government is a professional operation that provides good services to people in an effective way," he said.
In addition to Mangano's win over Suozzi, longtime Democratic incumbent Nassau County Legislators Dave Mejias (14th L.D.) and Jeff Toback (7th L.D.) also lost their re-election bids; Mejias conceded to Republican contender Joseph Belesi on Nov. 30. As a result, Nassau County Legislature, as of Jan. 1, 2010, will hold an 11-8 Republican majority. It has wbeen a decade since the GOP last had control.
Additionally, on Dec. 1, Democratic Comptroller Howard Weitzman, conceded his race to Republican challenger George Maragos. "Although the results of the election are not what I hoped for, it has been an honor to serve the people of Nassau County for 8 years and I am proud of what I have accomplished as comptroller: creating the Nassau Rx prescription discount card, exposing the waste and fraud that drive up property taxes, conducting the first county audits of special taxing districts, forcing the state health insurance program to stop overcharging Long Island, and providing independent oversight of county government on behalf of taxpayers. These are but a few of our accomplishments as we raised the profile and reach of the comptroller's office," said Weitzman.


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NEW YORK, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- An associate of suspended San Francisco Giants outfielder Melky Cabrera has been barred from baseball clubhouses, an MLB directive issued Tuesday states.
ESPN reported the directive is aimed at preventing Juan Nunez from having any contact with players in the wake of allegations he masterminded a scheme to set up a fake Web site meant to explain away Cabrera's positive test for banned performance-enhancing drugs.
Cabrera, who was MVP of the 2012 All-Star Game, was banned for 50 games last week after testing positive for testosterone.
Citing "an official of one team that received it," the broadcaster said the directive declares Nunez "is not certified as a player agent" and instructs teams to "not conduct contract negotiations with Nunez or otherwise deal with him regarding players on the 40-man roster."
Nunez -- a paid consultant to Cabrera's sports agents -- told the New York Daily News he has taken responsibility for a scheme in which a phony Web site was established to make it seem Cabrera's positive result had been the result using what turned out to be a fictitious dietary supplement.
The Giants were in first place in the National League West Tuesday, a half game ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers.


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The Nissan Titan, introduced for 2004, was the first Japanese pickup to truly possess the attributes that buyers typically expect from a full-size truck. Manufactured at Nissan's Canton, Mississippi, plant, it boasts dimensions and capabilities that are very similar to those of domestic full-size pickups. Though it hasn't sold as well as its rivals and is now growing quite long in the tooth, a new or used Nissan Titan can still meet the basic needs of many truck shoppers.
Current Nissan Titan
The Nissan Titan is a full-size pickup truck. In terms of size, it's very similar to the trucks offered by domestic automakers, which means it provides competitive amounts of cargo and interior room. There's a fully boxed frame underneath for maximum rigidity and strength, as well as a traditional solid rear axle with leaf-spring support.
Nissan currently offers the Titan in extended-cab (King Cab) and crew-cab styles, with two bed lengths each. Buyers may also choose between standard- and long-wheelbase versions, with the latter adding 20 inches in length. The King Cab is offered with either a 6.5- or 8-foot bed, while those on the crew cab are each 1 foot shorter. The King Cab's rear-hinged doors open extra wide to aid cargo loading or a passenger's entry to the rear seats. The crew cab has four traditional doors and a larger rear seating area with more available rear legroom than the extended cab.
Each Nissan Titan body style is available in four trim levels. Similar to other Nissan products, there's the entry-level S, the midgrade SV, off-road-focused PRO-4X and the luxury-oriented SL. The S has a front bench seat, while captain's chairs with a flow-through console are standard on the other trims. Standard safety features now include stability control, front-seat side airbags and side curtain airbags. Notable options, depending on trim, include upgraded audio systems, a navigation system, a rear-seat DVD entertainment system and utility-enhancing cargo bed features. For those who anticipate pulling trailers, the SV Value Truck or SL Max Utility tow packages are also available.
The PRO-4X trim level adds equipment for serious off-roaders that include Rancho shocks, a lower final-drive ratio, skid plates, an electronic locking differential and 18-inch off-road wheels with aggressive off-road tires. Unique exterior and interior styling cues to differentiate the PRO-4X from the other Titan models are also included.
For power, Nissan offers only one combination: a 5.6-liter V8 connected to a five-speed automatic transmission. The V8 is rated at 317 horsepower and 385 pound-feet of torque. The transmission features a tow/haul mode for when the truck is used for pulling or carrying heavy loads. For every body style and trim combination, two- or four-wheel drive is available.
In Nissan Titan reviews, our editors have found it to be powerful and capable both on- and off-road. Downsides include a lack of additional powertrain choices and the absence of a heavy-duty model. The Titan has also been outclassed by newer competitors in terms of comfort and overall design. Still, we think Nissan's Titan is worth a look.
Used Nissan Titan Models
The current, first-generation Titan debuted for 2004, and these earlier trucks could be a good choice for a shopper searching for a used late-model pickup. The first couple of production years, in particular, outclassed domestic pickups in many ways. The most notable changes for the Nissan Titan came for the 2008 model year and included the addition of a long-wheelbase model, exterior and interior styling refreshes and new features. Models built for 2007 and earlier were available in one wheelbase length only, lacked the two different bed lengths for each body style and also had a reduced maximum payload.
It should be noted that stability control, side airbags and side curtain airbags were not standard on all Titans until 2010. Used shoppers should investigate whether the truck in question is equipped with them. Also, the current trim levels were introduced for the 2011 model year; previously, the Titan's three main trims were XE, SE and LE, though feature content was broadly comparable.


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a hot potato
by Barry
Of the hundreds
of bills that will be filed in the legislative session that begins
this month, Missouri's electric cooperatives will be
paying the most attention to those that deal with the eminent domain
issue. In all my time working with Missouri's legislature on a
wide variety of issues, I've never seen a potato as hot as this
Eminent domain is
the right of government or other entities to take private property
for public use. It became the issue when the U.S. Supreme Court passed
judgment on a controversial Connecticut case.
At stake in this
case was whether a city could take land using eminent domain and then
give it to a developer. In its decision last June, the court ruled
that taking land for economic development purposes qualified as a "public
That decision stirred
up a hornet's nest of debate
and caused Missouri's
Gov. Matt Blunt to form a task force to look into the matter. The governor's
task force heard suggestions from property owners, local electric co-ops,
chambers of commerce, businesses, cities, other utilities and many other
organizations. Now it's up to the legislature to look at the committee's
recommendations and decide whether or not to change Missouri's law.
we shaped our position on this issue, it became apparent that Missouri's
electric cooperatives needed to meet with a broad coalition of groups,
like the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, to find common ground. Of special
interest was the Missouri Farm Bureau because we share so many members
and both of us represent rural people. I am pleased that Farm Bureau's
President Charlie Kruse felt the same way and wants to continue working
Your electric co-op
is keenly interested in this issue because from time to time all utilities
must acquire right of way to build new power lines, substations and
power plants. Ninety percent of the time, electric co-ops are able
to come to terms with those involved in such a project.
But on those
rare occasions when eminent domain must be used, it is critical in
order to keep our supply of electricity reliable and affordable.
In fact, Missouri
has one of the nation's most affordable and
reliable power supply systems because of our ability to build when
electric co-ops are all for fairness when it comes to dealing with
landowners. Where we draw the line is with people who believe nothing
should ever be built anywhere. For our state to progress, to attract
new jobs and keep the ones we already have, our system of power supply
must be able to grow as more people and businesses move into rural
In deciding when
to use eminent domain, electric co-ops strive for balance. That's
because the person we are negotiating with in most cases is
a cooperative member and owner.
As Missouri's leaders work on
refining this political hot potato, we will do our best to continue
handling it with your best interests in mind.
Hart is executive
vice president of the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives.
Barry Hart
Barry Hart
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The poll shows that Romney is finally breaking out of the mid twenty range of support that he has consistently been mired in, has broken the 30% range and in a field of four other major candidates, is now making a run for the 35% mark.
Normally, I put little weight in national polls, when the winner is determined on a state by state basis. However, in a larger sense, this poll would seem to be a sign that Republicans are beginning to resign themselves to a sense of inevitability surrounding the nomination of Mitt Romney. It is a perception which became unavoidable after Romney won both Iowa and New Hampshire and was only boosted by reports of Romney's increasing lead in the soon to be hed third nomination contest of South Carolina.
According to Galllup:
Saturday, January 21st: – South Carolina –
50 25 delegates
Tuesday, January 31st; – Florida –
99 50 delegates
Saturday, February 4th – Nevada 23 delegates, Maine – 24 delegates
Tuesday, February 7th; – Colorado – 36 delegates, Minnesota – 40 delegates, Missouri -53 delegates
Tuesday, February 28th; – Arizona –
58 24 delegates, Michigan – 59 30 delegates
Saturday, March 3rd; – Washington – 43 delegates
Tuesday, March 6th; (Super Tuesday)- Alaska – 27 delegates, Georgia – 75 delegates, Massachusetts – 41 delegates, North Dakota– 28 delegates, Idaho – 24 of 29 delegates, Oklahoma – 43 delegates, Tennessee – 58 delegates, Texas – 152 delegates, Virginia – 49 delegates, Vermont – 17 delegates, Wyoming – 29 delegates
While the race is certainly not over and Romney can't take anything for granted, he must now also begin to lay the groundwork for the next stage of this election cycle. That would incude uniting the many factions of the Party and to inspire them all. If this pol as a good indication of how things are realy going, it woiuld seem that Mitt needs to thank President for being the reason why Republicans are seemingy preapared to unite behind Mitt. But that will still leave Romney with the need to inspire thise whoa re willing to support him over Barack Obama. It now looks like that may be the toughest challenge ahead for Mitt.
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n her first novel since The God of War, the critically acclaimed author Marisa Silver takes Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother" photograph as inspiration for a breathtaking reinvention—a story of two women, one famous and one forgotten, and of the remarkable legacy of their chance encounter.
In 1936, a young mother resting by the side of a road in Central California is spontaneously photographed by a woman documenting the migrant laborers who have taken to America's farms in search of work. Little personal information is exchanged, and neither woman has any way of knowing that they have produced what will become the most iconic image of the Great Depression.
Three vibrant characters anchor the narrative of Mary Coin. Mary, the migrant mother herself, who emerges as a woman with deep reserves of courage and nerve, with private passions and carefully-guarded secrets. Vera Dare, the photographer wrestling with creative ambition who makes the choice to leave her children in order to pursue her work. And Walker Dodge, a present-day professor of cultural history, who discovers a family mystery embedded in the picture. In luminous, exquisitely rendered prose, Silver creates an extraordinary tale from a brief moment in history, and reminds us that although a great photograph can capture the essence of a moment, it only scratches the surface of a life.
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In The Briarpatch Gospel, Shayne Wheeler exposed the challenges and trials of travelling in the thick briarpatch. Living in a complicated world is anything but an easy task. The briarpatch is consisted of people out of our typical circle of Christian friends. Some people try to avoid the gays, lesbians, and bi sexual orientation, the drunks, the loners, people with tattoos, piercings, ex-criminals, people who practice other religions, or anyone who doesn't fit in our group of friends. As Christians, we're called to love one another as Christ would. It's important to remember that we're not called to judge others. Who are we to say who Christ loves more and accepts, because we have all have sinned and fallen short at some time or another. Christ is the ultimate judge and he died on the cross for all of humanity sins.
Shayne Wheeler's story started when he and his wife decided to move to Decatur, Georgia. He had a vision and a calling from God to reach out to a community and build a church. He decided that they needed to be a church that accepted everyone for who they are. Shayne pointed out that the world views Christians as being judgment and condemning rather than accepting and loving like Christ. Non-believers are watching how some professing Christians picket military funerals and loudly and boldly say, "God hates fags". Reading scripture and we know that nowhere is that saying in the Bible. Shayne Wheeler shared on page 189, "In Romans 1, homosexuality is mentioned alongside such issues as envy, strife, gossip and slander, lack of love and mercy, even disobedience to parents (Romans 1:29-31). It's important to love them and not say they are going to hell or that God hates them. Shayne Wheeler continued with, "I don't think the Bible supports same-sex relationships, but that does not mean I think you love Jesus less than I do in my own struggles with things the Bible clearly speaks against-greed, unforgiveness, or even lust. It just means we are all sinners in need of the grace God provides for us in the cross of Jesus. Brokenness is in all of us. We are all in this together. We are family" (Page 195).
One of the chapters covered the topic of the hidden icebergs in our lives. Everyone knows that the dangerous part of the iceberg is beneath the surface. It's the part that we hide from others that damage our lives. Shayne Wheeler discovered that the two most problem areas people pursue is greed and sex. He stated that, "Yet Americans-whether Christian or no-give away less than 2 percent of their income to charitable organizations or to the poor" (Page 68). Many times we let our sole identity become how much stuff we have and how much is in the bank account. Sex is more of an intimacy longing and we want to be close to someone else but isn't just about sex. It's a sense of wanting to be connected and we want to be able to be ourselves with someone else. Many people turn to pornography for a temporary relief and they believe it will make you feel complete. But it never satisfies us for very long. Walking with Jesus through this life and beyond means being honest with yourself and others about your weaknesses, no matter how problematic and uncomfortable you may be.
I would recommend this magnificent book to anyone who is looking to be shaken up and wants to be pulled out of your comfort zone. This book is for people who are seeking a resource on dealing with the critical needs in the world we're living in today. If you're aren't willing to overcome your own judgment and pride and befriend gays, bi, and lesbians, the drunks, people struggling with addictions, drugs, ex-criminals, and anyone who doesn't seem like you, then this book might not be for you. It's written for the radical people who are desperately trying to become like Christ. Christians, it's time to reach out and show the love of Christ to all people especially people who we wouldn't choose to be our friend. Shayne Wheeler had excellence points presented in the book that I know will offend most people. But loving others is a risk that we must take in order to become like Christ! This book will transform your life if you let it!
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User's Guide to Sunday, Feb. 19.
Sunday, Feb. 19, is the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B, Cycle II). Wednesday, Feb. 22, is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, a day of mandatory fasting and abstinence from meat, but not a holy day of obligation regarding Mass attendance.
Feb. 18 is the day of the consistory at the Vatican that will create 22 new cardinals, among them New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan. Archbishop Dolan told reporters that he called his mother to tell her he would be made a cardinal. Her response: "It's about time."
Isaiah 43:18-19, 21-22, 24-25; Psalm 41:2-5, 13-14; 2 Corinthians 1:18-22; Mark 2:1-12
Our Take
Lent is starting, and it is a good time to do what the men in the Gospel do: Remove obstacles to get closer to Jesus.
That is a good way to think of Lent. By giving things up or doing something spiritual, we aren't engaged in an effort to make ourselves special; we are engaged in an effort to get close to Christ, even if it means razing the roof.
Or think of Lent in the terms St. Paul uses in his second reading. It is a time to turn our lives into a "Yes" to Christ. In order to do that, some things in our lives need to change.
So consider what to give up for Lent with this in mind: This is a time not to become a better person, but to become a more open person. Here is our list of things you might consider:
Ideas for Adults
Skip lunch one day a week.
Skip meat an extra day — or two — a week.
Give up alcoholic beverages — except in social situations where you would stand out otherwise; then have just one.
Give up soda — even diet soda.
Give up all desserts.
Don't buy anything except groceries and absolute necessities.
Fast from listening to talk radio or music in the car.
Begin — or begin again — the daily Rosary.
Meditate for 10 minutes a day — Magnificat offers a wonderful daily meditation.
Attend Stations of the Cross, Divine Mercy devotions or Eucharistic adoration.
Start a nightly habit of spiritual reading. For example, one of these new books: Pope Benedict's Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week: From the Entrance Into Jerusalem to the Resurrection, as well as Father Robert Barron's Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith.
Read the Compendium of the Catechism (just four pages a day will allow you to finish it in Lent).
Volunteer to deliver food to the poor.
Join the social-concerns committee at your parish.
Make a significant donation to a deserving charity with each Lenten paycheck.
Forgive someone, and tell him or her you want to patch things up.
Say a kind word to everyone you meet.
Pay one significant compliment — or more! — to each of your children every day.
Offer to watch the children of a new mother one day a week throughout Lent.
Visit an elderly friend or relative.
For Children and Teens
For younger folks, don't be afraid of the adult ideas. But if none will work for you, try these:
Look for and address a need in your house every day.
Start asking, "Is there anything else I can do?" after you do what your parents ask.
Turn off your phone except for specific times at home.
Give up video games. Yes — entirely — throughout Lent (except Sundays!).
Send a note to each grandparent, aunt, uncle and godparent during Lent.
Make a new friend outside your "crowd."
Be a friend to a shy person.
Give up that bad place, person or thing.
Choose a favorite toy, book or piece of clothing and put it away until Easter.
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Q. You and the rest of the staff at "Math for Women" are tackling some tough problems and have been encouraged to bring along a companion to the sessions for stress control. Should you take a) your spouse b) your best friend c) your dog? –J. Mead
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As nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale foresaw, "A small pet animal is often an excellent companion for the sick."
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Among their most prominent thinkers, there is no consensus as to how – or whether – governments in advanced countries can improve lackluster recoveries. All in all, the situation recalls a cruel joke:
How many economists does it take to change a light bulb? None. When the one they used in graduate school goes out, they sit in the dark.
Recently, economists at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published a retrospective study of its economic forecasts. This qualifies as an act of bureaucratic courage, because the record was predictably dismal. Not only did the OECD miss the 2008/09 financial crisis, but it routinely over-predicted the recovery's strength. In May 2010, for example, the OECD forecast that the US economy would grow 3.2 per cent in 2011. Actual growth was 1.7 per cent. This is a huge error, and there were larger misses for some European economie as well.
The OECD wasn't alone. As the study notes, 'groupthink' is endemic among forecasters. The International Monetary Fund, private economists and government agencies — including the Federal Reserve and Congressional Budget Office — all committed similar mistakes.
In explaining its poor performance, the OECD cites three under-appreciated forces.
First, globalisation: The weaknesses of some economies, especially the United States', depressed other economies through reduced trade and greater financial strains.
Second, fragile banks: Countries with undercapitalised banks fared especially poorly, presumably because the banks lent less.
And finally, economic regulation: Highly regulated societies had a harder time adjusting to adversity than more flexible societies.
All these underestimated factors made forecasts too upbeat, says the OECD. Interestingly, one item not on the list is "too much austerity." The OECD economists found that they generally hadn't underestimated the effects of spending cuts and tax increases intended to shrink budget deficits in Spain, Italy, Ireland, Portugal and elsewhere. Greece was a conspicuous exception.
This conclusion is surely controversial because many economists attribute the weak recovery to misguided austerity, especially in Europe. Just follow the advice of John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), they say. When the economy suffers a massive drop in private spending, government should offset the loss by increasing its budget deficits. Europe's budget cuts were too aggressive, they say, while US "stimulus" policies were not aggressive enough.
Perhaps history will vindicate this appeal to Keynesianism. Or perhaps not. The fact is that the United States did respond aggressively under both George W. Bush and Barack Obama. It certainly didn't embrace austerity. Federal budgets ran massive deficits — $6.2 trillion worth from 2008 to 2013, averaging 6.4 per cent of the economy (gross domestic product). Nothing like this had occurred since World War 2. Yet, the economy limped along. Why wasn't this enough?
It's not just Keynesianism that's under a cloud. The same fate has befallen monetarism — the doctrine that stable growth in the money supply can promote a more stable economy. Since 2008, the Federal Reserve has poured more than $US3.2 trillion into the economy to keep interest rates low and accelerate economic growth. By monetarist reasoning, so much money pumped out so quickly should spawn higher inflation. Some economists predicted as much; it hasn't happened yet. Consumer prices today are up a mere 1.5 per cent from a year earlier.
If you add the last six years of US budget deficits and the Fed's injection of cash into the economy, the total is approaching $US10 trillion. It's hard to believe that all this stimulus didn't aid the recovery, but the fact that it resulted in only modest growth has created an identity crisis for economists. The promise they held out was that, through suitable economic policies, they could produce long periods of stable growth and – just as important – avoid prolonged slumps and lengthy periods of substandard growth. Clearly, they aren't delivering on this promise.
The Great Recession and financial crisis changed behaviour in fundamental ways that economists have yet to incorporate fully into their models or theories. The widespread faith that modern societies were sheltered from deep and sustained economic setbacks has been shattered, causing consumers, business managers and bankers to be more cautious in borrowing and spending. Economic stimulus may offset this caution, but if it signals that the economy is weaker than expected, it may also further depress private spending. There are countervailing tendencies.
The faith in economics was, in many ways, the underlying cause of both the financial crisis and Great Recession — it made people overconfident and careless during the boom — and the basic explanation for the weak recovery, as stubborn caution displaced stubborn complacency. To regain relevancy, economists are searching for a new light bulb — or better use of the old one. Meanwhile, most are still sitting in the dark.
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Worst déjà vu: The stock market plunges almost like it's 1929.
Deepest cuts: Governor Tim Kaine announces layoffs of 570 state employees and slashes UVA's budget by 7 percent in anticipation of a $973-million shortfall this fiscal year.
Biggest bubble: UVA's Board of Visitors signs off on an $8 million plastic practice field to keep athletes practicing even during inclement weather.
Fewest home sales: Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors reports that house buying continues to slide during the first nine months of 2008, with Albemarle sales down 31.5 percent– from 1,190 in 2007 to 815– and Charlottesville dips 7.6 percent, from 2007's 515 sales to 476 this year.
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Most perplexing: Why are Charlottesville gas prices the highest in the state? Tiger Fuel Company president David Sutton tells NBC29, "The reason it's a higher price is, one, Charlottesville is further from the pipeline than Goochland is; the cost of doing business is higher than in Goochland." He tells the Daily Progress that Charlottesville does not consume gas as rapidly as other areas and is not a high-volume market, thus the prices are slower to change. Tiger Fuel operates a dozen stations and supplies oil to 100 others.
Most perplexing, part 2: So why is gas cheaper– $2.79 at the Tiger Fuel BP station on Route 151 in Afton October 14– in low-volume, farther-from-the-pipeline Nelson County?
Most startling: Nearly half of Albemarle County residents surveyed would pay more taxes for roads.
Most startling poll results: Fifth District Dem candidate Tom Perriello is within eight points of Congressman Virgil Goode, an incumbent who typically dispatches challengers by 20 points. According to a Benenson Strategy Group survey, Perriello went from 31 percent of the vote in July to 40 percent in October, while Goode slid from 56 percent in July to 48 percent. The poll has a 4.9 percent margin of error.
More typical poll results: SurveyUSA's results released October 8 put Goode at 55 percent to Perriello's 42 percent.
Best sign the presidential race is heating up: McCain signs on Old Garth Road are burned, NBC29 reports.
Latest geezer enticement: Black Enterprise Magazine chooses Charlottesville as the second best place to retire.
Best biz school profs: The Princeton Review ranks Darden's faculty the best in the biz-school business for the second year in a row.
Best ploy to get out of class: UVA Student Council passes a resolution October 7 that faculty excuse students from class or exams on Election Day so they can go vote, the Cav Daily reports.


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No American citizen is the winner of this election.
I have pointed out, especially to my fellow workers, that their choice will bring about a reduced work week for all of us, to 29 hours, due to the onerous regulations of the obamacare law. We will have less money in our pocket. (1)
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I mention how there will be future assaults on our liberties and the Constitution, even as obama runs to the UN to force an anti-second amendment UN weapons treaty on free Americans (3). In obama's anti-Constitutional world, foreign treaties can and will be used to abrogate our rights, the Constitution be damned.(4)
I bring up the fact that obama will continue to support the scientific fraud that is Climate Change, even in the face of all the proof that it is not happening. He will allow the UN to tax Americans, supposedly to combat the (proven non-existent) (5) climate change, but really to redistribute American monies to foreign dictators and rulers whose policies in their countries are an unmitigated disaster, keeping their people from any progress on their own. Nothing will change in these countries, except that you and I will be paying the tyrants to suppress their people.
Speaking of tyrants suppressing and killing their subjects, I mention that obama will continue to funnel billions of American monies to the Muslim Brotherhood to support their attempt to bring a muslim caliphate and Sharia law to America and the world.(6)
I point out that obama will gut the military, and give up our ability to protect ourselves on the world stage through disarmament treaties with our mortal enemy, Vladimr Putin.(7)
Under the obama backed UN "Law of the Sea Treaty", ownership of the oceans and waterways of America and the world would be given to the UN, giving foreign bureaucrats a veto over American Naval operations, inside and outside the United States.(8)
For these, and many other reasons too numerous to list, I point out that while the President won the election, America and freedom were big losers.
(1) http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/behold-obamas-new-29-hour-work-week/
(2) http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/06/09/Your-Electricity-Bill-is-About-to-Necessarily-Skyrocket
(3) http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/8/gun-ban-back-on-obamas-agenda/
(4) http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/50151
(5) http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/8/gun-ban-back-on-obamas-agenda/
(6) http://www.rightwinggranny.com/?tag=morsi
(7) http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/president-obama-asks-medvedev-for-space-on-missile-defense-after-my-election-i-have-more-flexibility/
(8) http://stories-etc.com/LOST.htm


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Tu n'es pas sérieux, François! I admit you are a one in a million waiter, mon ami, but setting off to start your own consulting company is harder than you think. Since you are asking my advice, I will be happy to offer some help. But first, have you not noticed that our guests have arrived. Vite François! Show them to their tables.
Ah, bonjour, mes amis! Welcome once again to Chez Marcel. François. Vite. Du vin for our friends. The 1997 Vouvray Cuvee Constance should be wonderful. You see, mes amis, François was asking about what he would need in order to do a little consulting work on the side when he is not here at the restaurant. With his growing knowledge of Linux, he feels he might be ready to help others out and perhaps make a little argent, non?
Thank you, François! Please. Pour.
In many ways, Linux is the great friend of the computer consultant. Out of the box, your distribution contains a bevy of tools to get you connected in almost every way possible. Your Linux system is a mail server, a communications console, a Telnet client, an SSH client and so on. Programming tools of various stripes are there for you: C++ compilers, Perl, Python, Tcl/Tk and others. In fact, a typical Linux distribution has just about all the tools you need to become your own ISP or run a successful web site. What you don't necessarily have are the tools of business itself.
Oui, mes amis. It comes down to money. Bien sur, when you are out there working away, you are working because it will pay for your meals at home with the occasional night out at Chez Marcel, non? To get paid, you need to be able to tell your customers how much time you have spent working for them. Then, you must bill them, collect the money and keep track of the whole process. The life of the independent consultant is that of a self-contained, one-person business, and it should be treated as such.
Well, I am here to tell you that the same dedicated community of open-source programmers that have made Linux your most affordable, infinitely customizable workstation or server possible, have also been busy cooking up the tools for dealing with la Banque.
The first thing we will need to do is track our time. To do this, I am going to give you a couple of alternatives starting with a low-calorie command-line tool called tt:
tar -xzvf tt-1.0.tar.gz cd tt-1.0 ./configure make make install
To use tt, start by typing the command name on a line by itself. It will complain and tell you that it doesn't know what you want, but as part of that complaint, it will have generated a .tt directory under your home directory. Now, change to that directory and create a file called projects.conf. This is essentially a list of projects against which you wish to track time. Each project name is surrounded by square brackets. Here's a sample I was working on:
[cook] # Very important [eat] # You can make money doing this? [drink_wine] # If only it were possible [write_recipes] # The real work, non?You can, at any time, list all your current projects with the tt '*' -list command. To start tracking time against a project, I would type the command name with a -start flag. For instance, drinking wine, while pleasurable, is part of the job and something that I must regretfully charge for. (I joke, of course.) But if it could be so, I would start billing for it like this:
tt -start drink_wineWhen I am done with my, ahem, work, I would issue the same command with the -stop flag.
For a simple program, tt is quite powerful. One interesting use of the program is as a time wrapper for tasks. Say you are working for Henri's Fine Wines. You are doing work on the company web server setting up his e-commerce site. The work is all done remotely, and you Telnet into the server to do your work. You could wrap the Telnet command with the tt command to track your time automatically. Like this:
#!/bin/bash tt henri_wines -start telnet henri_website.com tt henri_wines -stop
C'est bon, non? When it comes time to report, you can generate a quick report of your time with this command:
tt drink_wine -export project 'drink_wine' (closed): Tue Dec 19 2000 16:53:31-Tue Dec 19 2000 16:53:56: 00h00m25s Wed Dec 20 2000 12:10:39-Fri Dec 22 2000 16:52:59: 52h42m20s Fri Dec 22 2000 16:56:18-Fri Dec 22 2000 17:01:04: 00h04m46s + Tue Dec 19 2000 16:53:31-Fri Dec 22 2000 17:01:04: 52h47m31sEven better, you can use the -format modifier to, export to and even create, an SQL database. tt knows about MySQL and PostgreSQL. For instance, I could create a database in PostgreSQL with this command:
createdb myconsultancyNext, I export my tt data with this command:
tt drink_wine -export -format pgsql | psql myconsultancyWith that information in place, I could generate custom reports from my PostgreSQL database:
psql -c "select * from tt_timing;" my_consultancyYou may find that tt does everything you want it to, which would be wonderful, but if you are on the road a great deal and you need some way to file your time remotely, then this next item on the menu might be just what your taste buds demand. You may also have become highly successful in your consulting career and have hired many people to help you out. Again, this may be just what you are looking for.
One of the great things about browser-based applications is that they allow you to do your work from nearly anywhere. Start up your browser, set the URL for the appropriate link, allow a few seconds for the link to rise to the display window, and Voilà! You have a fresh, steaming application ready for use. In the world of time tracking and billing, I was fortunate enough to sample onShore Inc.'s "TimeSheet" program. This is a great application and worth checking out. It offers a clean, simple interface, a separate administrator's screen as well as profiles for both full-time employees and contract consultants. You can also generate reports based on the individual consultant or a specific client.
tar -xzvf onshore-timesheet-current.tar.gz cd onshore-timesheet-2.2
Before you go running off excitedly typing "make", I must tell you that your humble chef failed to take the first rule into consideration when trying this application. That rule is "Thou shalt read any and all INSTALL and README files". After spending some time with a delightful little Merlot, I once again visited OnShore's TimeSheet and discovered that a little editing of the Makefile was all I needed to do to make things work. The changes required are few and everything is near the top of the Makefile, but I will highlight a few:
PERLINC := /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005 APPROOT := /usr/local/apache/htdocs/timesheet TIMESHEET_URL := /timesheet CONFFILE := timesheet.conf GUEST_ACCOUNT := no WWWUSER := www APPOWNER := wwwSince onShore TimeSheet comes with a couple of necessary Perl modules, you should modify the PERLINC parameter to reflect your site_perl install directory. The one above is mine. The APPROOT represents the path to the application on your web server. The default is Red Hat's installation default of /home/httpd/html. Change it to reflect your own setup. My web servers are all rebuilt Apache servers with a /usr/local/apache/htdocs document root.
The next change is the default URL for the application. If you choose an APPROOT with "timesheet" as the eventual directory (the default), you will want this to be /timesheet. Next, decide on a name for the configuration file. I chose timesheet.conf. The install will create a default "guest" account if you so wish. I decided that I would create all my users as needed. The last two parameters are both set to WWW for me. The WWWUSER is the default user id your web server runs as. On many systems, this is set to the user "nobody" by default. You should decide accordingly. Finally, you want to set the APPOWNER. This sets the ownership for the whole application.
Now, your patience will have paid off. If you are running on a Debian system, type make install-debian at this point. Otherwise, type make install. You will see some exciting information scroll by on your screen as a default PostgreSQL database is created for you along with your administrator user ID. You are almost there. To run this, you need to make sure that your web server understands .cgi extensions and executes them appropriately. This is done by adding the lines below to your httpd.conf file. Note: Depending on the vintage of your web server installation, the appropriate configuration file might actually be access.conf. The two most likely configuration directories are /usr/local/apache/conf and /etc/httpd/conf.
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi <directory /usr/local/apache/htdocs/timesheet> Options +ExecCGI AddHandler cgi-script .cgi </directory>
The <directory> paragraph is there so you can execute cgi files wherever you decided the installation is going to be. Remember that cgi scripts are normally executed from cgi-bin rather than html or htdocs.
The last thing you need to do is make sure that PostgreSQL is started with the -i option. For instance, in my /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql startup file, (Debian users should check /etc/init.d/postgresql instead) I have the following line:
su -l postgres -c '/usr/bin/postmaster -S -D/var/lib/pgsql'
I simply changed the default start so that there was a -i option included after the word "postmaster". After restarting PostgreSQL and your web server, you are ready to roll. Simply point your web browser to the TimeSheet URL: http://my_webserver/timesheet/.
You'll need to give your admin login name and password, which is "admin" for the login and "admin" for the password. Obviously the first order of business should be to change this to something more secure. This is also the time when you want to start creating your users, be they permanent employees, consultants or other administrators. Check out Figure 1 for a look at the onShore TimeSheet program in action.
Magnifique! You can now keep track of your time. From your detailed timesheets, you can invoice customers and reap the fruits of your labours, non? Collect the money and let your accountant worry about the rest. Une minute! The accountant will want some kind of financial records. This brings us to the great dreaded beast of any business enterprise: keeping a set of books. Fortunately for the Linux user, there are answers here as well. Come, mes amis, and experience a little sample of accounting packages for Linux.
Accounting applications in the Linux world represent some of the most requested of tools. Luckily, these are starting to appear in greater numbers. These may be commercial applications, GPL'ed, or free software. Since we are discussing open-source applications, we will concentrate our menu items in this area. If your application is not too complex, you may want to start by having a look at BANAL, which stands for BANAL's Absolutely Not A Ledger. Written by Matthew Rice, BANAL is a fairly simple application with big dreams. I say that because BANAL can do quite a number of things, even if it does them simply. With BANAL, you can track your time, maintain clients and suppliers, invoice, track expenses, write cheques and more. Et oui, BANAL will cost you nothing but some time.
The software is available as a free download with a BSD-style license and is fairly easily installed. I should point out that while the source code is freely available—actually, it is all source since this is a Perl application—and that you can get it as a tarball, your chef humbly recommends getting the RPMs instead. There are two RPMs: a client and a server. The source tarball contains a couple of extras such as some evolving PHP scripts. That may be worth the extra work to some. The RPM install is quick and easy:
rpm -ivh banal-*
Quite a bit happens here. Among other things BANAL creates a user in your /etc/passwd file and starts the server. BANAL is really quite simple to use, but I still recommend that you read the quickstart file that comes with the install. You'll find it in /usr/doc/banal-client-0.10/quickstart.txt.
Before we move on, I should give you a little bit of a warning. On my system (and perhaps on yours), the bk program tried to open /usr/bin/vi by default, whereas on my system the path to vi was /bin/vi. You may want to create a symbolic link to rectify that problem or simply assign the EDITOR environment variable, which will override BANAL's built-in path to the editor. This also gives you the opportunity to choose the editor you prefer:
export EDITOR=pico
Once this is all done, you need to start creating your accounts, profiles, suppliers, expense accounts and so on. This is done using the one command bk.
BANAL-FTL bookkeeping system bk is BANAL's client tool for the command line. Try: bk help commands for a list of commands bk help command for help on a specific command bk help usage for generic command-line argumentsGetting started requires that you create one initial client (your company) using the command bk client your_co_name. Make sure you fill in all the appropriate or required fields, then save your work. Next, you need to change the company information settings to show that this client profile is actually your company:
$ bk setting /UserInfo/CompanyIDYou'll find yourself in editor mode with something resembling the following. (Remember to change the "Value" field to something other than "ChezMarcel", non?)
# A BANAL Setting Specification. # # Setting: Unique Setting ID # Value: Value @@ REQUIRED # Description: Item description Setting: /UserInfo/CompanyID Value: ChezMarcelAh, it is all so easy, non? As with the timesheet part of your consulting business, there is a graphical alternative here as well that goes by the name of GnuCash [look for an article on GnuCash in LJ's April 2001 issue]. This is a wonderful open source, GPL'ed and completely free accounting package.
I decided to build GnuCash from scratch. To start, I downloaded the source for the latest package version from the GnuCash web site. For those who are a little more impatient, you will find some precompiled binaries at the site.
The core of this application uses the GNOME libraries, so you will need to have these loaded regardless of whether you choose to build from scratch or use the binaries. Obviously, those of you who are already using GNOME as your desktop will find that gnome-libs is already there. For those who might be using another desktop, you will need to load the gnome-libs and the supporting libraries, specifically, GTK. You'll find that GnuCash is worth the work, but it does require a bit of hunting and gathering. In addition to the GNOME framework, you also need guile, swig, slib and g-wrap. The final package, g-wrap, is actually on the GnuCash FTP site's download area. There are a few other requirements, most notably libjpeg and libpng, but these will likely already be on your system. The slib package may already be there as well in the guise of the umb-scheme package. Check the Resources section for pointers to all these sites.
The first step, after obtaining the software bien sur, is to extract the archive. This is followed by some very familiar steps:
tar -xzvf gnucash-1.4.9.tar.gz cd gnucash-1.4.9 ./configure make make install
At this point, you should probably check out a couple of fairly important links. When your humble chef first tried this recipe, things did not go altogether smoothly, specifically as related to slib. The guile libraries make some assumptions as to where the slib information will wind up located. This is apparently not a problem on all systems, but it was on my Red Hat system. I changed directory to /usr/share/guile and created the following symbolic links:
ln -s /usr/lib/umb-scheme/slib slib ln -s /usr/lib/umb-scheme/slibcat slibcat ln -s /usr/lib/umb-scheme/slib/mklibcat.scm mklibcatThe umb-scheme package is my Red Hat installed-scheme libraries (remember slib earlier). With these links in place, things went a lot smoother. Once this is done, start GnuCash by typing gnucash at the command prompt.
If you have ever used Intuit's Quickbooks package, you will find GnuCash invaluable. With its easy-to-use interface, you can create your chart of accounts for banking, credit card transactions and so on (see Figure 2). The package has a nice reconciliation feature, and numerous reports including a profit and loss statement so you can see just how much money you have made at any given time. It even handles multiple currencies for you globe-trotting consultant types. The only downside that I can think of for a small business is that there is no invoicing function. That, you will have to do manually.
Mon Dieu, François! It is late and there is still much to do. Pour our friends another glass. What is it, François? You have decided to abandon the idea of doing extra work as a consultant? A cause de moi? Mais non, I do not give you too much to do. You have plenty of time! We will discuss this later, François. For now, please tend to our guests. More wine.
Mes amis, if you do decide to go it alone, always remember that, truly, you are not alone. Having chosen Linux, you have at your disposal all the tools needed to begin and operate your high-tech consultancy. With a little help from some great open-source chefs, you may even find that your own ideas will join theirs, and someday your own recipes may be featured here at Chez Marcel. Until next time, your table will be waiting.
À votre santé! Bon appétit!
Marcel Gagné lives in Mississauga, Ontario. In real life, he is president of Salmar Consulting Inc, a systems integration and network consulting firm. He is also a pilot, writes science fiction and fantasy, and edits TransVersions, a science fiction, fantasy and horror anthology. He loves Linux and all flavors of UNIX and will even admit it in public. In fact, he is currently working on Linux System Administration: A User's Guide, coming soon from Addison Wesley Longman. He can be reached via e-mail at email@example.com. You can discover lots of other things from his web site at http://www.salmar.com/marcel/.


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Be sure to go to your local bookstore to find books about the movement like, Dee Williams, The BIG Tiny .
If you are beyond just looking at pretty photos and want to get your hands busy, there is a Tiny House Basics workshop November 1st and 2nd.
See you in the Spring when my studio will be on the tour!